Red Pockau

Rote Pockau
The Red Pockau at the show mine of Molchner Stolln in Pobershau.
Location	Saxony
Reference no.	DE: 5426864
Physical characteristics
Main source	Source region: c. 2 km northwest of Kühnhaide ca. 771 m above sea level (NN) 50°35′10″N 13°11′43″E / 50.58618°N 13.19529°E / 50.58618; 13.19529Coordinates: 50°35′10″N 13°11′43″E / 50.58618°N 13.19529°E / 50.58618; 13.19529
River mouth	near Pobershau into the Black Pockau c. 490 m above sea level (NN) 50°39′25.93″N 13°12′39.89″E / 50.6572028°N 13.2110806°E / 50.6572028; 13.2110806
Length	10 km
Discharge	Average rate: 590 l/s
Basin features
Progression	Black Pockau→ Flöha→ Zschopau→ Freiberger Mulde→ Mulde→ Elbe→ North Sea
Basin size	46.6 km²
Landmarks	Villages: Pobershau
Tributaries	Left: Schlettenbach

The Red Pockau (German: Rote Pockau) is a 10 kilometre long left tributary of the Black Pockau in the Ore Mountains.

Course

It rises at a height of about 760 m above sea level (NN), about two kilometres northwest of the village of Kühnhaide in the municipality of Marienberg. Between the Marienberg and the roughly 100 metre higher Kühnhaide plateaux the Red Pockau has cut deeply into the terrain. Below the pond of the Rätzteiche there is a steep-sided V-shaped valley that becomes more canyon-like below Pobershau. At the northern exit of Pobershau it collects the Schlettenbach stream. A few hundred metres further on the Red Pockau discharges into the Black Pockau at a height of about 490 m above sea level (NN).

Tributaries

• Nasser Brückenbach (r)
• Weißwasser (l)
  • Rotepfützenbach (l)
• Mothäuser Bach (r)
• Wildsbergbach (r)
• Bärengrundbach (l)
• Goldkronenbach (r)
• Schlettenbach (l)

Name

The Red Pockau used to be called "the Little Bockau or the Red Water" (die kleine Bockau oder das rothe Wasser) and the Black Pockau (Schwarze Pockau) was called the "Great Bockau" (Große Bockau) or "the Black Water" (das schwarze Wasser).^[1]

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